With the level of talent so high, it was a given that some seemingly strong acts would fall by the wayside. Those who did included Indian-fusion dance troupe Cornell Bhangra, who'd won a competition on the "Today" show to earn their spot in the semifinals; piano prodigy Adrian Romoff; and comedian Mike Super. The other acts sent home were music duo Kieran and Finian Makepeace, animation dance team Dragon House "The Agents," singer Anna Clendening and comedian Wendy Liebman. In past weeks the judges have generally let the defeated acts fade away without another word, but this time they made an effort to single several of them out for praise, notably Romoff and Liebman.

The final round of quarterfinals airs next week, with a performance show on Tuesday and a results show on Wednesday. The remaining acts are the One Voice Children's Choir, cello duo Emil & Dariel, Extreme Dance Company, The Bad Boys of Ballet, Mothmen Dance, magician Smoothini, Dom the Bom's Triple Threat, contortionist Nina Burri, rola bola balancer Jonatan Riquelme and singers Kelli Glover, Quintavious Johnson and Jonah Smith.